March 2016 (Volume 94)

From the Editor-in-Chief

Every editor of every peer-reviewed, scientific journal has the same nightmare. This past May, it came true for the editors of Science when the credibility of a study unraveled—and the editors of that journal had to formally retract the paper. Ever since, editors have been working to develop scientific standards for their publications. The Milbank Quarterly is no exception. In this issue, the Editor-in-Chief announces the Quarterly’s new transparency policy. Read more

The Op-Eds

Our op-ed section features some of the best minds currently working to improve the public’s health.

A survey was developed to study consumers’ knowledge of and attitudes toward evidence-based guidelines for and against clinical preventive services, including those developed by the US Preventive Services Task Force. Read more

Given the complex environment of public- and private-sector initiatives, researchers investigated why some health systems participate in community health information exchanges while others establish their own enterprise health information exchanges. Read more